How to run Maven from another directory (without cd to project dir)?

Question

Supposing my maven project is located in /some/location/project and my current location is /another/location/ how can I run maven build without changing to project location cd /some/location/project?

Answer 1

You can use the parameter -f (or --file) and specify the path to your pom file, e.g. mvn -f /path/to/pom.xml

This runs maven "as if" it were in /path/to for the working directory.

Answer 2

I don't think maven supports this. If you're on Unix, and don't want to leave your current directory, you could use a small shell script, a shell function, or just a sub-shell:

user@host ~/project$ (cd ~/some/location; mvn install) [ ... mvn build ... ] user@host ~/project$ 

As a bash function (which you could add to your ~/.bashrc):

function mvn-there() {   DIR="$1"   shift   (cd $DIR; mvn "$@")      }   user@host ~/project$ mvn-there ~/some/location install) [ ... mvn build ... ] user@host ~/project$ 

I realize this doesn't answer the specific question, but may provide you with what you're after. I'm not familiar with the Windows shell, though you should be able to reach a similar solution there as well.

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